cheers buddy

go for the mini, sounds like a great buy, I currently have a mini which is (currently) pretty stock. Minis are the #### for handling they are awesome, already low with hard suspension. If you want a fun club racer for not much money minis are the way. To start developing power for not much cost this is what you need to do: get a 1300 (big valve) engine from an MG1300 of bore the origional engine to that size, get a hot cam, port the head, add extractors, put a twin carb manifold with twin choke side draft webbers. all relatively cheap mods and you develop about 90-110 HP. with wide-wheels and 4 wheel discs it should be a force to reckon with. However if you were to do the same modifications to you datsun you would definently davelop more power. The choice is really yours.

at least there's one person that knows something about racing(tsillay). escorts suck, but they have some parts that work great on datsuns. fords have a wider range of diff ratios and larger rear brakes. ford rack and pinion steering work good on datsuns. i dont even whant to talk about cast iron heads v/s alu. etc. kents make more torque, but they can't rev and fords are heavier than datsuns. so if you are smart you will stick with a datsun and use some escort parts on it!

i'd say the dat dats are more fun,

now heres a slight thread hi-jack if we are on the escort vs datsun topic has anyone ever used a mini for track or rallying i have an offer to buy one for $500 with a leather sunroof immac interior 2k on the engine since rebuild and about 3 rust spots the size of ten cent pieces. i want to keep the dat for a daily but i also want a track or rally car, i know minis kill on the track but cost wise would it be cheaper to do the dat

sorry for the long hijack

what he means madtimo, is that you said there was nothing wrong with being gay, therefor infering that you are gay!

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please explain....

Hey Tim
I don't mind if its voluntary, but compulsory Gay would scare me more than spiders.

Are you gay Madtimo? Because thats what I understand your last reply to mean.

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Escorts are gay! You don't wanna look gay now do ya ????



......not that there's anything wrong with that

How much money do you want to throw at this project???
If you've got plenty, go Escort because there are tons of competition parts
If you have'nt, go Datto cos you'll have more fun!!